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Decimal -> Simplified Fraction in Javascript
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// This was made to convert shutter speeds from node-exif from decimals of a second to fractions of a second. | |
// Example: 0.00125 converts to 1/800 | |
var input = "0.00125"; | |
function doMath(result, string) { | |
console.log(`${string} is ${result[0]}/${result[1]}th of a second`); | |
return result; | |
} | |
function convertShutter(string, callback) { | |
var input = string; | |
var length = string.length; | |
var index = []; | |
for (i = 0; i < length; i++) { | |
var theIndex = input.substr(i, 1) | |
index[i] = theIndex; | |
} | |
var arrLength = index.length; | |
var partOne = []; // Zeros | |
var partTwo = []; // Numbers larger than 0 | |
for (i = 0; i < arrLength; i++) { | |
var value = index[i]; | |
if (value <= 0) { | |
partOne += value | |
} else if (value === '.') { | |
partOne += value | |
} else if (value > 0 && value != null) { | |
partTwo += value | |
} else { | |
console.log(`${value} at ${i} did not fall in a category!`) | |
} | |
} | |
var arr1Len = partOne.length - 2; | |
var arr2Len = partTwo.length; | |
var power = Math.pow(10, arr1Len + arr2Len); | |
// Factoring Numerator, the first index of the second array (125 in this case) | |
var stepOneNumerator = partTwo; | |
// Take the power (100,000) and divide by the numerator (125) to get 800 (125 goes into 100,000 800 times) | |
var factoring = power / stepOneNumerator | |
// result[0] = Numerator, result[0] = denominator (result = regular shutter speed) | |
var result = [1, factoring]; | |
callback(result, input); | |
} | |
convertShutter(input, doMath); | |
// OUTPUT: 0.00125 is 1/800th of a second |
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